16/10/2026
Here's the full post with the men's paragraph added:
๐๏ธ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต
Breast cancer doesn't become less of a risk as we get older โ for most women, it's the opposite. This October, here's what every older South African should know.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป:
๐ 1 in 29 South African women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime โ a figure as high as 1 in 8 in urban communities.
๐ Age is one of the biggest risk factors: about 2 out of 3 invasive breast cancers are found in women aged 55 or older.
๐ Women aged 40 and older are advised to have a mammogram every 1 to 2 years โ regular screening remains essential well into later life.
๐ Breast cancer risk also varies by background in South Africa, with an incidence of 1 in 13 among White women and 1 in 81 among African women, showing why awareness matters in every community.
๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป:
๐ Breast cancer isn't only a women's disease. It's one of the top female cancers in South Africa, carrying a lifetime risk of one in 25 for women โ but men can get it too.
๐ South African men have roughly a 1 in 943 lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, and the risk increases with age.
๐ Men often present later than women, in part because many simply don't know they can get breast cancer at all โ which makes awareness in older men just as important.
Early detection saves lives โ at every age, and for every gender. Know your body, keep your screening appointments, and don't dismiss changes as "just getting older."
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